Round up of first meeting on 28th Nov 2008

Hello everyone. This is really an introductory post I suppose to try and get the blog going properly. I think it could be a really good tool for us to oversee the progress of the exhibition and somewhere everyone can find out what's happening. It'd also be really nice when it's finished to be able to look back and think, "wow, we did all that".

Ok, so in the last meeting which was Tuesday (28th Nov) a fair few things were discussed. Location is obviously the most important factor currently. It seems certain that we are decided on London now and most people are happy with the idea of holding the show at the Old Rag Factory. Some changes have been made to the venue since last year's exhibition so several people are going to view the space tomorrow (well, today now). Hopefully some photographs will emerge so everyone can get the general idea about the space. There was some concern again over whether the location is too hidden and whether this will affect attendance however most people feel that if there is adequate PR and marketing (which of course there will!) this will not be an issue. Also discussed was how long we will have the space for and obviously the cost. It was estimated that it could be around £4000 but naturally there is still some negotiation to take place.

In the first compulsory meeting we discussed money and decided that everybody should contribute £200 towards the exhibition. The first payment of £50 is a deposit and is non refundable. It also effectively secures your place within the exhibition. This sounds a bit drastic but it was felt that it had to be this way otherwise it would become harder to keep track of everyone taking part. The money people have set up a nice shiny new bank account for us so money should be given to them in the form of cash or a cheque only... perhaps in a nice little envelope. There is already a fundraiser in place for the 27th November, yay! I believe there are other things in the pipeline too so watch this space. You can keep track of any events on Facebook but for the benefit of the people who haven't got it everything will be on here too.

Briefly mentioned was a box to put name suggestions in. I'm not quite sure if this box has appeared yet so will keep everyone posted on that.

I think that's about it for now. The next meeting is Tuesday at 4pm for the team heads. There is another compulsory whole year group meeting for everyone involved with Steffi and Chris coming up soon. I will post the date for this when I get it but it's on the noticeboard by Stores anyway.

L x